---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides that a proceeding challenging apportionment by the legislature shall be brought in certain designated courts"
description: "Provides that a proceeding challenging apportionment by the legislature shall be brought in certain designated courts in a judicial department within which at least one petitioner resides."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8638"
citation: "New York S 8638 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zellnor Myrie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-23"
last_action: "2024-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92cf5ff7-7bbf-41cd-8993-3095f6d0a26b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8638"
source_hash: "f213210d431db6db18f93305a50cd60e107460d93fd9d892e0df86bba20a3d69"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 8638 (2023-2024) — Provides that a proceeding challenging apportionment by the legislature shall be brought in certain designated courts

Provides that a proceeding challenging apportionment by the legislature shall be brought in certain designated courts in a judicial department within which at least one petitioner resides.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S8638** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8638&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **14–6** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **98–48** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **39–18** (pass) · upper
- MOTION:DURSO; To amend — **47–101** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Zellnor Myrie — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-02-23** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** REFERENCE CHANGED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.465
- **2024-02-26** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-02-26** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-02-26** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR A435B
- **2024-02-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.15
- **2024-02-28** MOTION TO AMEND LOST
- **2024-02-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-02-28** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-02-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-28** SIGNED CHAP.91 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92cf5ff7-7bbf-41cd-8993-3095f6d0a26b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).